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at once given up to him ; and , in the same way , if a wife obtains a legal separation from her husband because of his unfaithfulness , the children are immediately , without any further legal process , turned over to her . " The Microscope : its History , Construction , and Application . By jABEzHoGG- M . E . C . S . London : Eoutledge . —The world , usually
so slow in accepting improvement when conveyed by instruments which invade its preconceived notions and belief , has been compelled not merely to recognise , but to depend upon ,, the long-neglected aid of the microscope for the solution of some most startling natural phenomena . Medical science without it would be deprived of one of its
surest agents for diagnosis , whether of insidious elementary disease or of larking agents of decomposition and vitiated structure in vegetable physiology , whereby the nutriment of the human body is impaired . Zoology and geology equally rest upon the subtle accuracy by which latent vegetation or animal life is microscopically detected , and as the author of this most interesting and able work observes : —
" The microscope not only assists studies and develops objects of profound interest , but it also opens up innumerable sources of entertainment and amusement in the ordinary conventional acceptation of these terms . It discloses to us peculiarities and attractions in abundance . It impresses us with the wonderful and beautifully-skilful adaptation of all parts of creation , and fills our minds with additional reverence and admiration for the beneficent and almighty Creator . "
We regret that the volume did not reach us until after most of our reviews had been set up ; but the best proof we can give of our estimate of its value consists in the fact that we have purposely made room for necessarily a brief , notice of it . Succinctly but clearly written , the book brings before the reader the widest range of subject , most scientifically treated with
thorough knowledge and careful analysis , yet divested of the too frequent pedantry of bombastic technical expression . After giving an admirable history of the invention and improvements of the microscope , and of the optical principles involved in its construction , it presents the best directions for the provision of the newest and most scientific apparatus , and instructs us in the phenomena and constitative elements of photography . In the second part , all the remarkable inhabitants of lesser worlds , circled by our own , which itself depends on theirs , are investigated . Infusorial animalcules , insects , zoophytes ;—as Shelly says—¦
" All those living things To whom the fragile blade of grass , Whicli springeth in the morn And porisheth ere noon , Is an unbounded world : Those viewless beings Whose mansion is the smallest particle Of the impassive atmosphere ;" —these all are displayed in the implicated yet independent machinery of life , whereby the All-wise Architect of Worlds has constructed them . We shall mark several portions of this admirable work for quota-
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at once given up to him ; and , in the same way , if a wife obtains a legal separation from her husband because of his unfaithfulness , the children are immediately , without any further legal process , turned over to her . " The Microscope : its History , Construction , and Application . By jABEzHoGG- M . E . C . S . London : Eoutledge . —The world , usually
so slow in accepting improvement when conveyed by instruments which invade its preconceived notions and belief , has been compelled not merely to recognise , but to depend upon ,, the long-neglected aid of the microscope for the solution of some most startling natural phenomena . Medical science without it would be deprived of one of its
surest agents for diagnosis , whether of insidious elementary disease or of larking agents of decomposition and vitiated structure in vegetable physiology , whereby the nutriment of the human body is impaired . Zoology and geology equally rest upon the subtle accuracy by which latent vegetation or animal life is microscopically detected , and as the author of this most interesting and able work observes : —
" The microscope not only assists studies and develops objects of profound interest , but it also opens up innumerable sources of entertainment and amusement in the ordinary conventional acceptation of these terms . It discloses to us peculiarities and attractions in abundance . It impresses us with the wonderful and beautifully-skilful adaptation of all parts of creation , and fills our minds with additional reverence and admiration for the beneficent and almighty Creator . "
We regret that the volume did not reach us until after most of our reviews had been set up ; but the best proof we can give of our estimate of its value consists in the fact that we have purposely made room for necessarily a brief , notice of it . Succinctly but clearly written , the book brings before the reader the widest range of subject , most scientifically treated with
thorough knowledge and careful analysis , yet divested of the too frequent pedantry of bombastic technical expression . After giving an admirable history of the invention and improvements of the microscope , and of the optical principles involved in its construction , it presents the best directions for the provision of the newest and most scientific apparatus , and instructs us in the phenomena and constitative elements of photography . In the second part , all the remarkable inhabitants of lesser worlds , circled by our own , which itself depends on theirs , are investigated . Infusorial animalcules , insects , zoophytes ;—as Shelly says—¦
" All those living things To whom the fragile blade of grass , Whicli springeth in the morn And porisheth ere noon , Is an unbounded world : Those viewless beings Whose mansion is the smallest particle Of the impassive atmosphere ;" —these all are displayed in the implicated yet independent machinery of life , whereby the All-wise Architect of Worlds has constructed them . We shall mark several portions of this admirable work for quota-